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Lapsed attorney and former public defender. Pro-Democracy, Anti-Trump. Loves dogs, nature, art and history. "As long as one lives, one can learn." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg 🌊💙🌊💙
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"The dumbest trade war in history." -- Wall Street Journal editorial board This afternoon:

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What a sh*t show: apnews.com/article/hurr...

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The MAGA "Christians" should read their Bibles: No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence. Psalm 101:7 www.cnn.com/politics/fac...

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On this date in 1921, a white mob  in Tulsa Destroys Black community; kills hundreds calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...

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On this date in 1774, Great Britain passes the Boston Port Act. Following the passage of the act, the British government orders Port of Boston closed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

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"A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it." -- Brigham Young, born #OTD 1801

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"We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. We should set them an example that we wish them to imitate." -- Brigham Young, born #OTD 1801

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"You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation." -- Brigham Young, born #OTD 1801

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"Honest hearts produce honest actions." -- Brigham Young, born #OTD 1801

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"The Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion." -- James Buchanan, who died #OTD 1868

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"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -- Helen Keller, who died #OTD 1968

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"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision." -- Helen Keller, who died #OTD 1968

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"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." -- Marilyn Monroe, born #OTD 1926

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"If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere." -- Marilyn Monroe, born #OTD 1926

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There’s no set rate for pardon help. But two people directly familiar with proposals to lobbying firms said they knew of a client’s offer of $5 million to help get a case to Trump.  www.cnbc.com/2025/05/31/t...

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'Retaliation is real': Why Republicans in Congress won't stand up to Trump www.pbs.org/weta/washing...

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The Trump administration is cutting health spending on an unprecedented scale apnews.com/article/publ...

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Trump’s Most Successful Business Venture His office is bringing in money—at the expense of the American people. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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An EU spokesperson said it is “prepared to impose countermeasures, including in response to the latest U.S. tariff increase.” EU ‘prepared to impose countermeasures’ after Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% www.cnbc.com/2025/05/31/e...

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Joe Biden's decency will always outshine Donald Trump's cruelty. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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The first 100 days:

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The MAHA Report’s AI fingerprints, annotated www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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It’s called the Library of CONGRESS. But Trump claims it’s his. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." -- Samuel Johnson

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By Brandan Reynolds today:

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On this day in 1962, the State of Israel hanged German official Adolf Eichmann, who had escaped from a prison camp in 1946 and spent some 14 years in hiding, for his part in the Nazi extermination of Jews during World War II. www.newyorker.com/magazine/a-r...

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Welcome to 1930s Germany: time.com/7289964/pam-...

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"If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled." -- Elizabeth Blackwell, who died #OTD 1910

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"Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Devote your income and labor to others... And your very flesh shall be a great poem." -- Walt Whitman, born #OTD 1819

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"Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you." -- Walt Whitman, born #OTD 1819

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"Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul." -- Walt Whitman, born #OTD 1819

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Walt Whitman was born #OTD 1819.

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"Resist much, obey little." -- Walt Whitman, born #OTD 1819

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On this date in 2005, it was publicly revealed that former FBI official Mark Felt was “Deep Throat,” the anonymous informant at the centre of the Watergate scandal that involved U.S. President Richard Nixon's administration. www.vanityfair.com/news/politic...

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Today: PBS sues Trump over executive order to cut funding www.cnbc.com/2025/05/30/p...

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He repeatedly assured us he'd end the war in just 24 hours.

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Today. (Trump may not have the authority to do this.) Trump fires director of the National Portrait Gallery www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

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With much on Trump: “Lying in Politics”: Hannah Arendt’s Antidote to Anticipatory Despair www.publicbooks.org/lying-in-pol...

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Published 20 years ago tomorrow: www.vanityfair.com/news/politic...

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R.F.K., Jr., Anthony Fauci, and the Revolt Against Expertise It used to be progressives who distrusted the experts. What happened? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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